Today I substituted for a 5th grade class. This is my second time teaching 5th graders in the last week, within the first 5 minutes, without soliciting any conversation, students march up to me and say:
"My cat died yesterday."
"I like your outfit."
"My name is Jordan."
"Are those pearls real or fake?"
"My sister in-law, that means my brother's wife, she is Japanese.
Now I have relatives who live in Tokyo."
"Did you hear about Washington Mutual?"
"That kid isn't supposed to sit there."
"If you are a Mrs. is there a Mr.?"
"If you want us to be quiet you can yell."
Little Boy: "That's a huge purse."
Little Girl: "It's called a handbag."
"I don't have a pencil."
"I don't have a pencil."
"I don't have a pencil."
Moral of the story, please provide your school aged children with an ample supply of pencils.
Oh and the best...
"Billy farted, again."
Seriously, thank the Lord for hand sanitizer, it gets me through the day.
4 comments:
I'm not sure how you do it :)
Those are great!
I like the "are those real or fake pearls?" funny that a fith grader would think to ask that :)
I'm always impressed at how much kids know. It's a little frightening sometimes!
I LOVE THIS! The funny part is that I hear the same things from my students everyday (7th and 8th graders). :)
Oh, and I finally had to come up with a set of class rules that encompassed the whole pencil dilemma...
Rule #1 Show Respect
Rule #2 Make a good decision
Rule #3 Solve the problem
So, when a kid comes to me in need of a pencil, I ask them how they are going to solve the problem. I am no longer the supplier of all pencils. :)
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